GET /ontology/descendants/{id}Get all descendant terms (children, grandchildren, etc.) for an ontology term. Returns the subtree under your term, showing all more specific terms. Use for finding all child terms of a general concept, or for collecting all terms in a branch of an ontology. Essential for ontology-based enrichment analysis.
Retrieve descendant terms from is_a and part_of relationships.
- Can return very large sets for general terms (e.g., 'biological_process') - Use with care on high-level GO terms - may return thousands of descendants - The `subset` field indicates if a term is in a GO subset (like GO-Slim) - Returns full term information including name, definition, and synonyms - The `is_leaf` field marks terms with no children
(string, path, required)
Ontology term ID
| Title | Type | URL | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get ontology descendants for plasma membrane GO term | probe-gate |
https://rest.ensembl.org/ontology/descendants/GO:0005886?content-type=application/json |
No probe data for this endpoint yet.